Not losing. Top 3.

Why we will win.

3. The revolutionary war. Look at Washington, he was insanely outnumbered and outarmed, but made short work of the British invaders.

2. We don't have to 'win.' You do.
Not only do we just have to defend against your tyranny, but let's face it the south is huge. For you to occupy and subdue the entire south is impossible. As long as we don't completely lose, we win.

1. Sacrifice.
We simply have a stronger drive to succeed at remaining independent. We have been forced to make more sacrifices as individual southerners, we can't just import whatever we want. Basically we are more bad ass. We want whiskey? We make it. We need horses? We go take them from the union army.

have a good day.